# ORGASM DURATION-Why So Short? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 11, 2002, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orgasm-duration-why-so-short/123434 "2002-08-11T22:03:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orgasm-duration-why-so-short/123434/21 "2002-08-12T04:05:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Captain Amazing \* > \*\*Just a guess, but maybe orgasms are dangerous? Not only does your heart rate and blood pressure increase, but while you’re having the orgasm, you’re not paying attention to the world around you, so some bear or something could come up and eat you. \*\* Maybe you’re having an orgasm because someone _is_…eating you? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orgasm-duration-why-so-short/123434/22 "2002-08-12T05:19:44Z")
Of course we don’t have eyelids so we can avoid seeing things. We have eyelids to keep crap from getting into our eyes. Our ears and noses are designed so as not to need them. And it’s good to be able to smell things, especially stuff like smoke. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orgasm-duration-why-so-short/123434/23 "2002-08-12T05:34:17Z")
I wish I had ESP-lids. Sometimes I just don’t _want_ to see the future. Happy ---
**Author:** ![Blalron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orgasm-duration-why-so-short/123434/24 "2002-08-12T06:49:34Z")
> [@](#): > > I’ve just always wondered what it’s like to have a male orgasm - any guys wanna switch bodies with me for a day? Well, it feels pretty good. Too bad there’s a waiting period between them!! ---
**Author:** ![Teelo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@Teelo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teelo)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orgasm-duration-why-so-short/123434/25 "2002-08-12T07:49:17Z")
/\ Hahahaha! Oh, and if the orgasm was a minute long we would propably pass out while still inside. ---
**Author:** ![pldennison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pldennison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pldennison)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orgasm-duration-why-so-short/123434/26 "2002-08-12T13:08:35Z")
> [@](#): > > Oh, and if you were designing the male body over several gazillion years, don’t you think you’d put something as sensitive to pain as testicles somewhere just a little more protected? Unfortunately, natural selection, when it resulted in placing the land-based mammal’s gonads in a pouch under the abdomen, had no way of predicting that we would learn to walk standing up, with our abdomens and vital organs exposed for predators. ---
**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orgasm-duration-why-so-short/123434/27 "2002-08-12T13:20:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mandielise \* > \*\*I’ve just always wondered what it’s like to have a male orgasm \*\* It’s kind of like when you’re playing in a band and it’s really happening, only much shorter and a tad more intense. ---
**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orgasm-duration-why-so-short/123434/28 "2002-08-12T13:46:05Z")
The current length of an orgasm hasn’t stopped me from still seeking it as much as possible. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Duality](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.duality/32/4098_2.png) [@Mr.Duality](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Duality)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orgasm-duration-why-so-short/123434/29 "2002-08-12T16:40:44Z")
Captain Amazing wrote: “Just a guess, but maybe orgasms are dangerous? Not only does your heart rate and blood pressure increase, but while you’re having the orgasm, you’re not paying attention to the world around you, so some bear or something could come up and eat you.” Never mind the bear, I’d be worried about her husband, father coming home unexpectedly. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Duality](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.duality/32/4098_2.png) [@Mr.Duality](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Duality)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orgasm-duration-why-so-short/123434/30 "2002-08-12T16:41:43Z")
Captain Amazing wrote: “Just a guess, but maybe orgasms are dangerous? Not only does your heart rate and blood pressure increase, but while you’re having the orgasm, you’re not paying attention to the world around you, so some bear or something could come up and eat you.” Never mind the bear, I’d be worried about her husband or father coming home unexpectedly. ---
**Author:** ![Sofa\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Sofa\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofa_King)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orgasm-duration-why-so-short/123434/31 "2002-08-12T18:46:38Z")
A World-Series-winning home run lasts less than half a minute from the pitcher’s mound to the stand. But that’s not why I went to the game, now is it? ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orgasm-duration-why-so-short/123434/32 "2002-08-12T23:45:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by KidCharlemagne \* > \*\*The current length of an orgasm hasn’t stopped me from still seeking it as much as possible. \*\* Maybe it’s so short so people still remember to do other important things, like sleep and eat. Considering the time and effort people expend in pursuit of an orgasm now, what would people be willing to do if the result was 10 times better? 100 times better? We’d all be dead of starvation or exhaustion 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orgasm-duration-why-so-short/123434.md?page=1)